Panta Rhei

From Wind Repertory Project
Ingrid Stölzel

Ingrid Stölzel


General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 8:30
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ingrid Stölzel
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $175.00 (Rental); (digital) - $100.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flutes I-II
Oboes I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:

  • Glockenspiel
  • Suspended Cymbals (2)
  • Tam-tam
  • Triangle
  • Vibraphone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Panta Rhei, from the Greek “everything flows,” is a term that is attributed to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus (c.535-c.475 B.C.). He believed that permanence was an illusion of the senses, that the world is permanently becoming and that all things are in constant flux. For me, music encapsulates this concept. For one, music only exists in time and therefore is in constant flux. There is also no permanence; one can never experience a piece the same way twice, nor is it possible to perform a piece exactly the same. Heraclitus beautifully sums up this concept by saying that one can never step into the same river twice. I find this comforting and exciting as a listener and as a composer.

Panta Rhei was commissioned and premiered by Steven D. Davis and the University of Missouri, Kansas City Wind Symphony.

- Program Note by composer


Awards

  • RedNote Festival Composition Competition, 2016, winner.
  • Third International Frank Ticheli Composition Contest, 2013, Finalist


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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  • Grand Symphonic Winds (Minneapolis, Minn.) (Matthew George, conductor) - 12 May 2023
  • James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.) Wind Symphony (Stephen Bolstad, conductor) - 18 October 2022
  • University of Miami (Fla.) Frost Wind Symphony ( Robert Carnochan, conductor ) - 11 September 2022
  • Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Wind Symphony (Caroline Hand, conductor) - 25 March 2022
  • University of Missouri, Kansas City, Wind Symphony (Juan Berrios, conductor ) – 11 February 2020
  • University of Washington (Seattle) Symphonic Band (Steven Morrison, conductor) – 6 December 2018
  • Mahidol (Thailand) University Wind Ensemble (Pamornpan Komolpamon, conductor) – 8 August 2017
  • Illinois State University (Normal) Wind Symphony (Martin H. Seggelke, conductor) - 3 April 2016
  • University of Delaware (Newark) Wind Ensemble (Chad Nicholson, conductor) – 10 March 2016 (CBDNA 2016 Eastern Division Conference, New London, Conn.)
  • Florida State University Wind Orchestra (Timothy Wiggins, conductor) - 2 February 2013
  • Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony (Daniel Schmidt, conductor) - 15 September 2011
  • University of Missouri, Kansas City, Wind Symphony (Steven D. Davis, conductor) - 28 October 2010 '*Premiere Performance*


Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 489.
  • Ingrid Stölzel website
  • Stölzel, I. (2010). Panta Rhei = (Everything Flows) : For Wind Ensemble [score]. Stölzel:[s.l.].